SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2140

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 21, between lines 9 and 10,

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16  insert:  Subsection 10 of section 20.255, Florida Statutes, is

17  amended to read:

18         20.255  Department of Environmental Protection.--There

19  is created a Department of Environmental Protection.

20         (10)  There is created as a part of the Department of

21  Environmental Protection an Environmental Regulation

22  Commission. The commission shall be composed of seven

23  residents of this state appointed by the Governor, subject to

24  confirmation by the Senate. In making appointments, the

25  Governor shall provide reasonable representation from all

26  sections of the state. The commission shall include one, but

27  not more than two, members from each water management district

28  who have resided in the district for at least 1 year, and the

29  remainder shall be selected from the state at large.

30  Membership shall be representative of agriculture, the

31  development industry, local government, the environmental

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2140

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 1  community, lay citizens, and members of the scientific and

 2  technical community who have substantial expertise in the

 3  areas of the fate and transport of water pollutants,

 4  toxicology, epidemiology, geology, biology, environmental

 5  sciences, or engineering. The Governor shall appoint the

 6  chair, and the vice chair shall be elected from among the

 7  membership. The members serving on the commission on July 1,

 8  1995, shall continue to serve on the commission for the

 9  remainder of their current terms. All appointments thereafter

10  shall continue to be for 4-year terms. The Governor may at any

11  time fill a vacancy for the unexpired term. The members of the

12  commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid

13  travel and per diem as provided in s. 112.061 while in the

14  performance of their official duties. Administrative,

15  personnel, and other support services necessary for the

16  commission shall be furnished by the department.

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18  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 2, line 24, after the semicolon

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26         amending s. 20.255, F.S.; requiring the

27         Governor to provide reasonable representation

28         from all sections of the  state in making

29         appointments to the Environmental Regulation

30         Commission;

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